From the legal framework of ancient Athens and the legally rich traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, to the long development of the English common law and the genesis of the U.S. Constitution, to the ensuing and enduring struggle for civil rights, the ways that different peoples have ordered their societies over the course of human history continue to influence modern legal theory and practice. Harvard Law School students enjoy unparalleled opportunities to study the historical evolution of law as contextualized within a larger world of social movements and political, cultural, and economic change.
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Faculty
HLS Professors
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Nikolas Bowie
Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law
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Maureen Brady
Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law
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John C. Coates
John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics
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Christine A. Desan
Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
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Charles Donahue
Paul A. Freund Professor of Law
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Noah R. Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
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William W. Fisher
WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law
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Idriss Fofana
Assistant Professor of Law
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John Goldberg
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence
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Annette Gordon-Reed
Carl M. Loeb University Professor
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Janet E. Halley
Eli Goldston Professor of Law
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Jon D. Hanson
Alan A. Stone Professor of Law
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Morton J. Horwitz
Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Emeritus
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Elizabeth Papp Kamali
Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law
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Duncan M. Kennedy
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus
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Adriaan M. Lanni
Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law
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Richard J. Lazarus
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law
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Anna Lvovsky
Professor of Law
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Kenneth W. Mack
Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law
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Bruce H. Mann
Carl F. Schipper, Jr. Professor of Law
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Intisar A. Rabb
Professor of Law
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Stephen Sachs
Antonin Scalia Professor of Law
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Kristen A. Stilt
Professor of Law
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Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Laura Weinrib
Fred N. Fishman Professor of Constitutional Law
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Yas Banifatemi
Lecturer on Law
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Marco Basile
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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Alexander Chen
Lecturer on Law
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Daniel R. Coquillette
Charles Warren Visiting Professor of American Legal History
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Tom G. Donnelly
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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Daniel Farbman
Visiting Associate Professor of Law
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Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Visiting Professor of Law
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Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Lecturer on Law
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Tamar Herzog
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Elizabeth Katz
Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Visiting Professor of Law
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Martti Koskenniemi
William D. Zabel ‘61 Visiting Professor in Human Rights
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Andrew Lanham
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
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Mary D. Lewis
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
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Andrew Mergen
Emmett Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law in Environmental Law
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Ada Ordor
Henry J. Steiner Visiting Professor in Human Rights
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Anne Orford
Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization
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Hassaan Shahawy
Lecturer on Law
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Daniel L. Smail
Harvard University Affiliated Professor
Research Programs and Centers
Related Courses
Course | Term | Instructor(s) |
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Advanced Constitutional Law | Fall 2023 Course | Noah Feldman |
Advanced Topics in Jewish Law and Legal Theory | Spring 2024 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
Advanced Topics in Jewish Law: The Law of the Messiah | Fall 2023 Reading Group | Noah Feldman |
American Legal History 1776-1865 | Fall 2023 Course | Annette Gordon-Reed |
American Legal History: From Reconstruction to the Present | Spring 2024 Course | Laura Weinrib |
American Legal History: Law, Economy, and Society in the Era of the American Revolution | Spring 2024 Seminar | Bruce Mann |
Animal Law | Spring 2024 Course | Kristen Stilt |
Children, Identity, and Family Law | Fall 2023 Reading Group | Elizabeth Katz |
Classical Liberalism and the Rule of Law | Spring 2024 Seminar | Raymond M. Kethledge |
Comparative Law: Ancient Law | Fall 2023 Course | Adriaan Lanni |